Suzuka, the return of a sacred monster

As with Singapore last week, Formula 1 had not set foot in Japan for three years. Coming back to Suzuka means reconnecting with the DNA of the category, the old school tracks and the F1 of the past. Anything but trivial in these times of great change...

Published on 06/10/2022 à 08:12

Jeremy Satis

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Suzuka, the return of a sacred monster

Suzuka is back three years later. © Antonin Vincent / DPPI

At a time when the new circuits arriving with a bang on the calendar are either urban, or guided by glitter, or both at the same time, seeing the great circus of F1 once again set up its marquees in Japan, on one of the the most old school circuits on the calendar, can only be experienced as a refreshment and an event in its own right. Suzuka is a monument of the Formula 1, just like Monaco, Silverstone, Spa or even Monza. The joy shared by all those involved in returning is naturally amplified by the fact that the circuit has been missing from the calendar for three years, without ever having lost its place. In question, of course, the global epidemic of Covid 19 and the

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DANIEL MEYERS

06/10/2022 at 11:04 a.m.

Precisely, the weather, the weather for Friday is very bad, 100% chance of rain and barely better for Sunday, 80% chance of rain with a small chance that it will not arrive until after the race.

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